… health hazards, as well as the ever-present nuclear threat, require international dialogue … such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons which is another example of …
… one or more the following DNA tests: (i) Nuclear (STRs, Y-STRs) and mtDNA testing of PM … or additional testing of PM samples for nuclear DNA (STRs, Y-STRs); (iii) Nuclear (STRs, Y-STRs) and, if necessary, …
… to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. In Côte d’Ivoire, the ICRC, the … awareness of the gravity of the issue of nuclear weapons. Numerous diplomats attended …
… to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Delivered by Yahia Alibi, ICRC's … that would be visited upon all humankind by a nuclear war. Today, the NPT remains a …
… that would be visited upon all humankind by a nuclear war. Today, the NPT remains a cornerstone of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation … be missed. The continued existence of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest threats for …
… the fighting in or near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. It is encouraging that a … and last many years. In the event of a nuclear leak, it will be difficult if not … and militaries to act. We don’t have weapons. We are not politicians. In the case …
… When hazardous sites like nuclear power plants become battlegrounds, the … they pose if they are damaged or targeted, nuclear power plants and other installations … placing military objectives, such as troops, weapons or military vehicles, in or near …
… decade ago, a world free from the scourge of nuclear weapons may have seemed illusory. Today, after … unequivocal, comprehensive prohibition of nuclear weapons – the most catastrophic …
… to highlight the humanitarian consequences of weapons. Mitigating and preventing the adverse … framework is most urgent, it is that of nuclear weapons . There are currently over 13,000 nuclear weapons in the world; a number which, …
… List Weapons, including but not limited to mines, … to contamination from both conventional weapons (ERW, landmines, IEDs, etc) and … (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear – CBRN). There are a variety of …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
